Robert Downey Jr. says issues have not modified a lot for him since his 2024 Oscars win.
Speaking with ET’s Kevin Frazier from the premiere of his new HBO present, The Sympathizer, on Tuesday, the 59-year-old Iron Man actor and his spouse, Susan Downey, joked about issues being as regular as ever after he took house the Finest Supporting Actor trophy for his position in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer in March.
“Not likely,” Susan stated of issues being totally different post-win. “What’s nice is you win an Oscar, and the following morning, the youngsters are nonetheless giving him grief. Like, they do not care, you realize? It is an awesome humility.”
Robert — who beforehand scored Oscar noms for Chaplin in 1993 and Tropic Thunder in 2009 — stated that for him, the important thing to maintaining issues steady is to maintain his nostril down, give attention to the work and keep humble.
“I am going to say this, it was an awesome season. And the very best antidote to staying out of ego and all that’s being concerned in a challenge like this, like Sympathizer,” Downey Jr. shared. “I believe [it’s] an necessary piece of storytelling, so I am lucky.”
The present — an adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s homonymous novel — is assessed as an espionage thriller and “cross-culture satire” following a spy (Hoa Xuande) dwelling in Los Angeles after the Vietnam Battle and his realization that his his cloak-and-dagger actions are removed from performed.
For his half, Robert serves as govt producer alongside Oldboy director Park Chan-Wook and performs a number of characters all through the seven-episode miniseries, together with the unsuspecting spy mentor of Xuande’s protagonist. Robert stated it wasn’t a tough scenario for him to step into, nevertheless, as he was “in wonderful firm” in scenes with himself.
When requested what he thinks in regards to the chance that he might be an Emmy nomination (and potential win) for his position in the identical yr that he gained an Oscar, the Sherlock Holmes star stored it humble and veered credit score to his co-stars.
“Nice,” he stated of the attainable double wins. “I believe Kieu [Chinh] and Sandra [Oh] are those to regulate, they’re each unbelievable on this. The entire forged is phenomenal. In reality, I performed a number of characters simply so I would not get misplaced within the shuffle of all this Vietnamese expertise.”
Ought to he pull off a nomination and win, he would be part of the legendary Helen Mirren who claimed each an Emmy and an Oscar inside months of one another again in 2007 for The Queen and Prime Suspect: The Closing Act.
Watch the trailer for The Sympathizer within the participant beneath:
The present additionally stars Emmy winner Sandra Oh, Fred Nguyen Khanh, Toan Le, Phanxine, Vy Le, Ky Duyen, Kieu Chinh, Duy Nguyen and Alan Trong.
The Sympathizer premieres on HBO at 9 p.m. on April 14.
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